The former premier of Malaysia has plenty to say these days, especially its so accessible when he has his own blog. In a recent blog entry he mentions current PM Abdullah transition of power to Najib need to be cleansed of “Abdullah toadies” for it to regain trust again with the people and divisions within UMNO.
He claims Abdullah tactics of dishing out lucrative jobs/titles, threats, abuse of power had resulted in March 8th general election big losses where non-member supporters decided to vote for the opposition. Mahathir also has plenty to say about the division nominations of deputy presidency and Wanita chief
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed
“If the Government of Najib is to be different from that of Abdullah, then Abdullah toadies must not be in. If this were to happen then the incoming leadership of Umno will go down in history as the betrayers of this once glorious and powerful political machine. This could end the ambitions of Datuk Azalina Othman Said, one of Abdullah’s and Khairy Jamaluddin’s most ardent supporters. I had more than three-fourths of the division nominations. But I won by only 43 votes. Lots of things can happen when the AGM is held in Kuala Lumpur. I will not be surprised to see a lot of money flow, and a lot of minds changed. If the delegates allow their greed to overcome their better judgement then it will be the last time they are the king-makers in Malaysia. But their assumption was wrong. The division and branch leaders may kowtow to them but the rank and file and the non-member supporters decided to vote for the opposition”
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